CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1983*
No. Album-Artist 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-MARCH 2 PYROMANIA-DEF LEPPARD-June 3 SYNCHRONICITY-POLICE-August 4 FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK-June 5 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-January 6 H20-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-February 7 FRONTIERS-JOURNEY-April 8 LIONEL RICHIE-Lionel Richie-January 9 LET'S DANCE-David Bowie-June 10 CARGO-Men At Work-May 11 The Distance-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-March 12 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-August 13 Kilroy Was Here-Styx-April 14 An Innocent Man-Billy Joel-October 15 Built For Speed-Stray Cats-January 16 Metal Health-Quiet Riot-November 17 Get Nervous-Pat Benatar-January 18 1999-Prince-June 19 Rio-Duran Duran-March 20 The Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-October 21 Keep It Up-Loverboy-August 22 What's New-Linda Ronstadt-December 23 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-October 24 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-May 25 Toto IV-Toto-January 26 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-April 27 Staying Alive Soundtrack-September 28 Can't Slow Down-Lionel Richie-December 29 Reach The Beach-The Fixx-October 30 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-November 31 Nylon Curtain-Billy Joel-January 32 War-U2-May 33 Hello I Must Be Going-Phil Collins-February 34 Cuts Like A Knife-Bryan Adams-June 35 Jarreau-Al Jarreau-May 36 Air Supply's Greatest Hits-October 37 Speaking In Tongues-Talking Heads-August 38 Killer On The Rampage-Eddy Grant-July 39 Alpha-Asia-September 40 Live From Earth-Pat Benatar-November 41 She Works Hard For The Money-Donna Summer-August 42 Combat Rock-Clash-February 43 Eliminator-ZZ Top-December 44 Midnight Love-Marvin Gaye-January 45 Genesis-December 46 Coda-Led Zeppelin-January 47 The Closer You Get-Alabama-April 48 Spring Session M-Missing Persons-February 49 Lawyers In Love-Jackson Browne-September 50 Another Page-Christopher Cross-March 51 Colour By Numbers-Culture Club 52 Long After Dark-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-January 53 Powerlight-Earth,Wind & Fire-April 54 Undercover-Rolling Stones-December 55 Night & Day-Joe Jackson-January 56 Jane Fonda's Workout Record-March 57 Flick Of The Switch-AC/DC-October 58 Records-Foreigner-February 59 Famous Last Words-Supertramp-January 60 Duran Duran-Duran Duran-August 61 Uh-Huh-John Cougar Mellencamp-December 62 Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This)-Eurythmics-September 63 Seven And The Ragged Tiger-Duran Duran-December 64 Living In Oz-Rick Springfield-June 65 The Crossing Big Country-November 66 Cold Blooded-Rick James-October 67 Rock 'n' Soul-Daryl Hall & John Oates-December 68 The Golden Age Of Wireless-Thomas Dolby-June 69 Money & Cigarettes-Eric Clapton-April 70 Pipes Of Peace-Paul McCartney-December 71 In Your Eyes-George Benson-July 72 Rant 'n' Rave With The Stray Cats-October 73 Rhythm Of Youth-Men Without Hats-September 74 Infidels-Bob Dylan-December 75 American Fool-John Cougar-January 76 Dan Fogelberg's Greatest Hits-January 77 Kihnspiracy-Greg Kihn Band-April 78 Little Robbers-Motels-November 79 Trans-Neil Young-February 80 Too-Re-Ay-Dexys Midnight Runners-April 81 Emotions In Motion-Billy Squier-January 82 Speak Of The Devil-Ozzy Osbourne-January 83 Friend And Foe-Adam Ant-February 84 Between The Sheets-The Isley Brothers-July 85 State Of Confusion-Kinks-July 86 The Big Chill-Soundtrack-December 87 Outside Inside-Tubes-June 88 Nightfly-Donald Fagen-January 89 Yentl-Barbra Streisand-December 90 Punch The Clock-Elvis Costello & The Attractions-September 91 90125-Yes-December 92 Piece Of Mind-Iron Maiden-July 93 Olivia's Greatest Hits:Volume 2-Olivia Newton-John-January 94 Lick It Up-Kiss-December 95 Fascination-Human League-August 96 The Present-Moody Blues-October 97 Listen-A Flock Of Seagulls-June 98 True-Spandau Ballet-November 99 Cut-Golden Earring-April 100 After Eight-Taco-September * As published in the December 31st,1983 issue of Cash Box Magazine.